5 Signs You’re Carrying a Past Life Memory (and How to Recognize It)

What Is a Past Life Memory?

Some emotions or blockages keep coming back… without any rational explanation. You’ve done the work. You’ve healed, grown, moved forward — and yet, something still resists.

It’s not always psychological. And it’s not always from this life.

In my experience as a past life psychic, these patterns often stem from a soul memory — an imprint left by a past life that wasn’t fully processed, understood, or released.

These memories are like energetic fingerprints. Invisible, but very real. They can be triggered unexpectedly — through a meeting, an event… or even a dream.

When these soul memories resurface, it’s not to punish you. It’s an invitation to look within more consciously — and reclaim your power.

5 Signs a Past Life Is Being Activated

1. A strong emotion with no apparent cause

   You feel sudden fear, sadness, or anger… but nothing in your current life seems to explain it.

   This kind of emotional response may be the sign of a karmic emotion — a soul memory from another time and space, resurfacing to be acknowledged, understood, and released.
   

2. An unexplained phobia or physical pain

   Chronic pain, hypersensitivity, or certain phobias don’t always have a medical explanation.Think of irrational fears like drowning, fire, or falling from heights.

   
   

   These can sometimes point to a karmic wound, still imprinted in your energetic field — a pain linked to a past life that’s asking to be seen and healed.

3. An instant connection or deep aversion

   You meet someone and instantly feel as if you’ve known them forever — or the opposite: a strong discomfort with no clear reason.
   

   These intense dynamics may signal a karmic relationship — a soul connection that transcends this lifetime and carries unresolved lessons, wounds, or reunions.
   

4. A fascination with a culture, language, or era

   You feel oddly at home in a place you’ve never visited. You’re drawn to a particular historical period or foreign language as if part of you belongs there.
   

   This might be a cultural memory from a past life. These deep affinities often serve as subtle clues that your soul remembers.
   

5. Recurring patterns despite inner work

   You’ve done the therapy, the awareness work, the healing… and yet, the same type of relationship, wound, or situation keeps repeating.
   

   This is often a sign of a karmic loop, tied to a past life blockage. Until the root is revealed and held with compassion, your soul may continue to repeat the pattern — seeking resolution.
   

Why Are These Memories Surfacing Now?

Your soul is evolving. It’s not trying to punish you or trap you in the past. These fragments are rising because they’re ready to be seen, understood… and released.

It’s part of a karmic healing process — an invitation to bring light to what’s been operating in the shadows. Once a soul memory becomes conscious, it loses its hold. It no longer controls you from the background.

Each memory that resurfaces is an opportunity for transformation — a release of soul imprints that brings more clarity, peace… and freedom of choice.

How to Access These Memories Safely

You don’t have to force anything or relive painful scenes to access your past lives.

There are gentle and grounded ways to explore them, in alignment with your soul’s rhythm.

Here are a few approaches I recommend:

🌙 Spontaneous or lucid dreams Some soul memories come through in sleep. The subconscious is a powerful portal to access past lives.

🌀 Guided regressions With the help of a skilled practitioner, you can safely explore key moments from a past incarnation.

🌿 Grounding and visualization practices Deep meditation, breathwork, or inner journeys can open access to soul-level memories.

📜 Akashic Records readings This is my personal method. I connect to your Akashic Records to receive what your soul wants to show you. During an Akashic reading, I channel past life visions like short soul-movies, highlighting the key events and how they still impact your current incarnation.

Each path is unique. What matters most is moving with gentleness and staying attuned to your inner pace.

Starting Gently: What You Can Do on Your Own

You don’t need a dramatic breakthrough or a deep regression to feel the traces of a past life. Your body, your heart, and your daily experiences already hold clues.

Here are some simple ways to begin connecting with your soul memories:

• Keep a journal of repeating themes — situations, emotions, or inner patterns

• Tune into how you feel in certain places or around specific people

• Pay attention to meaningful or recurring dreams

• Notice the topics that deeply attract (or repel) you

• Before falling asleep, ask inwardly:

  “Dear soul, can you show me what you want me to understand right now?”

Often, it’s the smallest details that speak the loudest.

Soul memories communicate subtly. Trust what you feel — even if it doesn’t “make sense” at first.

Want to Go Deeper?

If you sense that some soul memories are ready to rise but you’re unsure where to start, here are a few resources I’ve created to support you:

My free Akashic Records Guide

A clear and simple introduction to what the Akashic Records are, how they work, and how to begin connecting to them. 👉 Download it here

My Intro Course on the Akashic Records

An accessible online journey to help you connect to your own Records, ask the right questions, and receive your first messages. 👉 Sign up here

A Personalized Akashic Reading

If you’d prefer a channeled message, I can connect to your Records and bring through what your soul wants you to hear — whether it’s related to a past life, a karmic blockage, or part of your life purpose. 👉 Book your reading here

Past lives are not here to trap you.

They hold keys. They offer understanding. They invite you back into your power.

The more gently you observe, the more freedom you reclaim — here and now.

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Meli Guidance is a certified advanced Akashic records practitioner, a past-life psychic and a channelling coach. She is also trained in oracle cards and tarot readings. Her specialty is helping people grow by reconnecting them with their soul’s purpose and life missions. She believes that by remembering our past lives and seeing what our life plan is for our current incarnation, we can achieve our future self’s highest potential. In addition to channelling spirit guides for people from all over the world in English and French, she offers online courses and coaching sessions to anyone who wishes to develop their ability to communicate with the invisible world.

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